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Rh there is a deficiency of pasture: they are therefore mostly brought from parts at from thirty to fifty leagues distance.

In Sonsonate and other country places a fine fat ox is bought at from twelve to sixteen dollars, and it is retailed at about half a rial, or three pence, per pound.

It has been above stated that the territorial extent of Guatemala is greater than